Private Committees
What are the International Private Committees for the Safeguarding of Venice?
In response to the appeal launched by the Director General of UNESCO in 1966, over 50 private organisations were established in a number of countries to collect and channel contributions to restore and preserve Venice.
Over the years, the International Private Committees have worked closely with the Superintendencies of Monuments and Galleries of Venice, through UNESCO, to identify and address priority needs.
Since 1969, they have funded the restoration of more than 100 monuments and 1,000 works of art, provided laboratory equipment and scientific expertise, sponsored research and publications and awarded innumerable grants for craftsmen, restorers and conservators to attend specialist courses in Venice.
Thirty-three years on, the Association of Private Committees has 29 member organisations representing 11 countries (3 new Committees, based respectively in Denmark, the USA and Italy, joined in 1999). Since 1997 the Association has enjoyed special relationship status as an N.G.O in operational relations with UNESCO. The budget for the 5-year period 1996-2000 is well in excess of Lit.10 billion (about £3 million) , a sum which includes the funding of around 150 restoration and maintenance projects, the provision of over 25 bursaries and substantial contributions to the cost of the 1997 and 1999 ICCROM-UNESCO International Courses on the Conservation of Stone.
1999-2000 saw Committees from Sweden, Australia, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, The United Kingdom, four from the USA and eight from Italy actively engaged in over 80 restoration projects.
Directory of the Private Committees, Associations and Organisation for the Protection of Venice
In response to the appeal launched by the Director General of UNESCO in 1966, over 50 private organisations were established in a number of countries to collect and channel contributions to restore and preserve Venice.
Over the years, the International Private Committees have worked closely with the Superintendencies of Monuments and Galleries of Venice, through UNESCO, to identify and address priority needs.
Since 1969, they have funded the restoration of more than 100 monuments and 1,000 works of art, provided laboratory equipment and scientific expertise, sponsored research and publications and awarded innumerable grants for craftsmen, restorers and conservators to attend specialist courses in Venice.
Thirty-three years on, the Association of Private Committees has 29 member organisations representing 11 countries (3 new Committees, based respectively in Denmark, the USA and Italy, joined in 1999). Since 1997 the Association has enjoyed special relationship status as an N.G.O in operational relations with UNESCO. The budget for the 5-year period 1996-2000 is well in excess of Lit.10 billion (about £3 million) , a sum which includes the funding of around 150 restoration and maintenance projects, the provision of over 25 bursaries and substantial contributions to the cost of the 1997 and 1999 ICCROM-UNESCO International Courses on the Conservation of Stone.
1999-2000 saw Committees from Sweden, Australia, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, The United Kingdom, four from the USA and eight from Italy actively engaged in over 80 restoration projects.
Directory of the Private Committees, Associations and Organisation for the Protection of Venice
Comitati Privati, Associazioni e Organizzazioni per la Salvaguardia di Venezia
Associazione dei Comitati Privati Internationali per la Salvaguardia di Venezia
c/o UNESCO
Palazzo Zorzi
4930 Castello
30122 Venice
tel/fax/answerphone: +39 041 520 70 50
e-mail: mail@comprive.org
UNESCO Venice
Palazzo Zorzi
4930 Castello
30122 Venice
tel +39 041 260 15 11
fax +39 041 528 99 95
email: veniceoffice@unesco.org
UNESCO Paris
0033-1-45681000
Division Cultural Heritage
Rue Miollis
Chairman - Alvise Zorzi - Società Dante Alighieri, Italy
Vice Chairman - Giacomo Ivancich Biaggini - Amici della Venice
Executive Committee:
Francesca Bortolotto Possati - Save Venice Inc. USA
Jérome Zieseniss - Comité Français, France
Lawrence Lovett - Venetian Heritage Inc., USA
Frances Clarke - Venice in Peril, UK
Marita Jonsson - Pro Venezia Sweden, Sweden
L Chiappini di Sorio - Amici dei Musei di Venezia, Italy
Bernard Aikema - Stichting Nederlands, Venetië Comité, Netherlands
Paola Piffaretti - Pro Venezia Switzerland, Switzerland
Mieke Van Molle - Head Permanent Office
Membership List with Addresses :
America-Italy Society of Philadelphia
Mr John Price, President,
PO Box 187
Bryn Mawr
PA 19010-0187
USA
Ms. Diane Meleski, Chair,
Venice Committee
1420, Walnut Street, Suite 1206,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, U.S.A.
e-mail: americaitalysociety@rcn.com
www.america-italysociety.com
Associazione Amici dei Musei e Monumenti Veneziani
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio, Vice President
Palazzo Mocenigo,
S. Croce 1992, Venice
Associazione Italia Nostra (Venice branch)
Prof Alvise Benedetti, President
San Marco 1260, Venice
Arch. G. Rosa Salva
Prof. Gherardo Ortalli
Ing. Maurizio Zanetto
e-mail: italianostra.venezia@libero.it
Comitato Amici della Basilica dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Amb. Giacomo Ivancich Biaggini, President,
Castello 6392, Venice
Sig.ra A.F.Ferrario Varzi, Past President,
1057, Dorsoduro, Venice
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio, Vice President,
5126, Castello, Venice
Comitato Internazionale per la Conservazione e la Tutela dell'Antico Arsenale
Ing Roberto Giuriati, President
Via A Spadini 7
00197, Roma
Amm. C. Gottardi
Via delle Alture 17, Dolo, Venice
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio
5126, Castello, Venice
Comitato per il Centro Storico Ebraico di Venezia
Dott. Cesare Vivante, President
San Marco 3006, Venice
Comité Français pour la Sauvegarde de Venise
M. Jerome Zieseniss, President
2580, Dorsoduro
Venice
34, Avenue de New York,
75116 Paris
Amb. Gérard Gaussen, Hon. President
116, Boulevard Maurice Barres
75116 Paris
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Mme Pasqualine Barbini, Venice Secretary
Website: www.cfsvenise.org
Comitato Italiano per Venezia
Dott. Luigino Rossi, President
3902/a S Marco, Calle Avvocati, Venice
Sig.ra L. Marcello, Treasurer
3666, San Marco, Venice
Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig
Dr. Uwe Israel, Director
Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza
S. Polo 2765a
Venice
Sig.ra Lore Sarpellon
"Pro Venetia Viva" - Venice European Centre for the Trades and Crafts of the Conservation of the Architectural Heritage
Arch. Wolfdietrich Elbert, Director
Ass. Europea "Pro Venetia Viva" - Centro Europeo di Venezia per i
Mestieri della Conservazione del Patrimonio Architettonico
Isola di San Servolo
Venice
e-mail: centrove@tin.it
website: www.centroeuropeomestieri.org
Fondation "Pro Venezia" Switzerland
Dott. Giordano Zeli, President
Via don Gagliardi 8
CH-6009 Lugan
Switzerland
e-mail: giordano.zeli@helvetiapatria.ch
Dott. M Maccanelli, Secretary
Salita del Calvario 16
Morbio Inferiore
CH-6834 Ticino, Switzerland
e-mail: mmaccanelli@bluewin.ch
Arch. Paola Piffaretti, Vice-President
via Sandro Gallo 166
30126 Lido di Venezia
e-mail: paola_piff@hotmail.com
Sig. Franco Poretti, Vice President
"Pro Venezia" Sweden
Amb. Goran Berg, President
Kakbrinken 3
S-11127 Stockholm
Sweden
e-mail: goranberg40@yahoo.com
Mrs. Mary de Tham
Önskeringsvägen, 30
16763 Bromma
Sweden
Ms Marita Jonsson
Korsbarsgarden Sundre
S-62010 Burgsvik
Sweden
690 Giudecca
e-mail: marita@jjconsulting.se
Mr. Henrik Falkenberg, Treasurer
Storängens Stradväg 6
S-13141 Navcka
Sweden
Save Venice Inc.
Elizabeth S. Makrauer, Executive Director
1104 Lexington Avenue #4C, New York
N.Y. 10075, USA
e-mail: newyork@savevenice.org
Ms. Melissa Conn
Director Venice Office
2888/a S.Marco
Venice
e-mail: venice@savevenice.org
Ms. Francesca Bortolotto Possati
c/o Hotel Bauer
1459 San Marco
Venice
website: www.savevenice.org
Società Dante Alighieri (Venice Branch)
Prof.ssa Rosella Zorzi, President
6119 Castello
30122 Venice
email: venicedantealighieri@libero.it
Dott. Alvise Zorzi, Hon. President
via di Villa Ada 4, 00199 Rome
(5662, Cannaregio, Venice)
e-mail: alvisezorzi@virgilio.it
Stichting Nederlands Venetiè Comité
Prof. Bernard Aikema, President
Groesbeekseweg 113
Nymegen
Netherlands
and
Cannaregio 5119
Venice
e-mail: bernard.aikema@univr.it
Dr. Fleur Brom de Jonge Oudraat, Secretary
Kasteellaan 2
5741 PJ Beek en Donk
Netherlands
Mr. W. Raaijmakers, Treasurer
Koolwykseweg 4
2821 NV Stolwyk, Netherlands
Mrs. M. van Suchtelen van Hattum
Lingenskamp 26
1251 JK Laren, Netherlands
"Venedig lebt"
Dr Kurt Heller, President
Braunschweiggasse 24
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
(2716, Castello, Venice.)
Ms Cantini,
Vice President
website: www.venedig-lebt.at
The Venice in Peril Fund
Ms A. Somers Cocks, Chairman,
c/o The Art Newspaper
27-29 Vauxhall Grove
London SW8 1SY, England
e-mail: a.allemandi@theartnewspaper.com
The Viscount Norwich, Hon. Chairman
24, Blomfield Road
London W9 1AD, England
Lady Clarke, President
Bushy Cottage, The Green
Hampton Court, Surrey KT8 9BS, England
(1113, Dorsoduro, 30123 Venice)
The Venice in Peril Fund
Unit 4 - Hurlingham Studios
Ranelagh Gardens,
London
SW6 3PA
England
e-mail: info@veniceinperil.org
Mr John Millerchip
12, via Molinetto
30121 Refrontolo, (TV)
e-mail: millerchip@libero.it
website: www.veniceinperil.org
Venice International Foundation
Sig.ra Franca Coin, President
Cà Rezzonico, 3161 Dorsoduro
30123 Venice
e-mail: veniceinter@tin.it
World Monuments Fund
Sig.ra Donatella Asta, Director Venice Office
3348, San Marco, Venice
Mrs. Bonnie Burnham, President
World Monuments Fund
95 Madison Ave.
New York
NY 10016
USA
M. Bertrand du Vignaud, Chairman WMF Europe
34, avenue de New York
75016 Paris
France
e-mail: wmfve@tin.it
website: www.wmf.org
Venetian Heritage Inc.
Mr L. Lovett, Chairman
S. Marco 3905
Venice
Mrs.Donald K Miller, President
475, Park Avenue
58th Street, New York
NY 10022,U.S.A.
e-mail: ny@venetianheritage.org
Sig.ra Lesa Marcello, Director
Venice Office
San Marco 3666
Venice
e-mail: venherit@tin.it
website: www.venetianheritage.org
Pro Veneziakomitéen Denmark
Thomas Horder, President
Arch. David Bretton-Meyer, Vice-President
Farimagsgade 5, Opg. 21
1399 Copenhagen - Denmark
Arch. Francesco Morelli, Vice-President
Strandgade 14 st.tv.
1401 Copenhagen
Denmark
e-mail: fin@morelli.dk
Comitato Internazionale per il Co-ordinamento delle Ricerche Storiche e per la Valorizzazione delle tipiche imbarcazioni lagunari e dell'Alto Adriatico (international committee for research into, and encouragement of, the traditional vessels of the lagoon and Upper Adriatic)
Dott. Emilio Vianello, President
Castello 3647, Venice
e-mail: emivian@tin.it
Amm. Carlo Gottardi, Vice-President
via delle Alture 17
Dolo (VE)
Amici della Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Dr. Erik Denker, President
1603, 19th Street NW, #21
Washington DC 20009
USA
Mrs Martin, (journalist & author)
Istituto Veneto per i Beni Culturali
Arch. Renzo Ravagnan, President
c/o Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
San Polo 2454/a
30125 Venice
e-mail: ivbc@vegapark.ve.it
Università Internazionale dell'Arte (UIA)
Dott. Nedo Fiorentin, President
Giudecca 54/p
30133, Venice
e-mail: uiave@tin.it
Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
www.istitutoveneto.it
Prof. Leopoldo Mazzaroli, President
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
Dott. Sandro Franchini, Secretary-General
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
e-mail: ivsla@unive.it
Prof. Gherardo Ortalli
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
ICCROM
Dr Mounir Bouchenaki
Via S. Michele 13
I00153 Rome
Associazione dei Comitati Privati Internationali per la Salvaguardia di Venezia
c/o UNESCO
Palazzo Zorzi
4930 Castello
30122 Venice
tel/fax/answerphone: +39 041 520 70 50
e-mail: mail@comprive.org
UNESCO Venice
Palazzo Zorzi
4930 Castello
30122 Venice
tel +39 041 260 15 11
fax +39 041 528 99 95
email: veniceoffice@unesco.org
UNESCO Paris
0033-1-45681000
Division Cultural Heritage
Rue Miollis
Chairman - Alvise Zorzi - Società Dante Alighieri, Italy
Vice Chairman - Giacomo Ivancich Biaggini - Amici della Venice
Executive Committee:
Francesca Bortolotto Possati - Save Venice Inc. USA
Jérome Zieseniss - Comité Français, France
Lawrence Lovett - Venetian Heritage Inc., USA
Frances Clarke - Venice in Peril, UK
Marita Jonsson - Pro Venezia Sweden, Sweden
L Chiappini di Sorio - Amici dei Musei di Venezia, Italy
Bernard Aikema - Stichting Nederlands, Venetië Comité, Netherlands
Paola Piffaretti - Pro Venezia Switzerland, Switzerland
Mieke Van Molle - Head Permanent Office
Membership List with Addresses :
America-Italy Society of Philadelphia
Mr John Price, President,
PO Box 187
Bryn Mawr
PA 19010-0187
USA
Ms. Diane Meleski, Chair,
Venice Committee
1420, Walnut Street, Suite 1206,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, U.S.A.
e-mail: americaitalysociety@rcn.com
www.america-italysociety.com
Associazione Amici dei Musei e Monumenti Veneziani
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio, Vice President
Palazzo Mocenigo,
S. Croce 1992, Venice
Associazione Italia Nostra (Venice branch)
Prof Alvise Benedetti, President
San Marco 1260, Venice
Arch. G. Rosa Salva
Prof. Gherardo Ortalli
Ing. Maurizio Zanetto
e-mail: italianostra.venezia@libero.it
Comitato Amici della Basilica dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Amb. Giacomo Ivancich Biaggini, President,
Castello 6392, Venice
Sig.ra A.F.Ferrario Varzi, Past President,
1057, Dorsoduro, Venice
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio, Vice President,
5126, Castello, Venice
Comitato Internazionale per la Conservazione e la Tutela dell'Antico Arsenale
Ing Roberto Giuriati, President
Via A Spadini 7
00197, Roma
Amm. C. Gottardi
Via delle Alture 17, Dolo, Venice
Prof.ssa I. Chiappini di Sorio
5126, Castello, Venice
Comitato per il Centro Storico Ebraico di Venezia
Dott. Cesare Vivante, President
San Marco 3006, Venice
Comité Français pour la Sauvegarde de Venise
M. Jerome Zieseniss, President
2580, Dorsoduro
Venice
34, Avenue de New York,
75116 Paris
Amb. Gérard Gaussen, Hon. President
116, Boulevard Maurice Barres
75116 Paris
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Mme Pasqualine Barbini, Venice Secretary
Website: www.cfsvenise.org
Comitato Italiano per Venezia
Dott. Luigino Rossi, President
3902/a S Marco, Calle Avvocati, Venice
Sig.ra L. Marcello, Treasurer
3666, San Marco, Venice
Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig
Dr. Uwe Israel, Director
Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza
S. Polo 2765a
Venice
Sig.ra Lore Sarpellon
"Pro Venetia Viva" - Venice European Centre for the Trades and Crafts of the Conservation of the Architectural Heritage
Arch. Wolfdietrich Elbert, Director
Ass. Europea "Pro Venetia Viva" - Centro Europeo di Venezia per i
Mestieri della Conservazione del Patrimonio Architettonico
Isola di San Servolo
Venice
e-mail: centrove@tin.it
website: www.centroeuropeomestieri.org
Fondation "Pro Venezia" Switzerland
Dott. Giordano Zeli, President
Via don Gagliardi 8
CH-6009 Lugan
Switzerland
e-mail: giordano.zeli@helvetiapatria.ch
Dott. M Maccanelli, Secretary
Salita del Calvario 16
Morbio Inferiore
CH-6834 Ticino, Switzerland
e-mail: mmaccanelli@bluewin.ch
Arch. Paola Piffaretti, Vice-President
via Sandro Gallo 166
30126 Lido di Venezia
e-mail: paola_piff@hotmail.com
Sig. Franco Poretti, Vice President
"Pro Venezia" Sweden
Amb. Goran Berg, President
Kakbrinken 3
S-11127 Stockholm
Sweden
e-mail: goranberg40@yahoo.com
Mrs. Mary de Tham
Önskeringsvägen, 30
16763 Bromma
Sweden
Ms Marita Jonsson
Korsbarsgarden Sundre
S-62010 Burgsvik
Sweden
690 Giudecca
e-mail: marita@jjconsulting.se
Mr. Henrik Falkenberg, Treasurer
Storängens Stradväg 6
S-13141 Navcka
Sweden
Save Venice Inc.
Elizabeth S. Makrauer, Executive Director
1104 Lexington Avenue #4C, New York
N.Y. 10075, USA
e-mail: newyork@savevenice.org
Ms. Melissa Conn
Director Venice Office
2888/a S.Marco
Venice
e-mail: venice@savevenice.org
Ms. Francesca Bortolotto Possati
c/o Hotel Bauer
1459 San Marco
Venice
website: www.savevenice.org
Società Dante Alighieri (Venice Branch)
Prof.ssa Rosella Zorzi, President
6119 Castello
30122 Venice
email: venicedantealighieri@libero.it
Dott. Alvise Zorzi, Hon. President
via di Villa Ada 4, 00199 Rome
(5662, Cannaregio, Venice)
e-mail: alvisezorzi@virgilio.it
Stichting Nederlands Venetiè Comité
Prof. Bernard Aikema, President
Groesbeekseweg 113
Nymegen
Netherlands
and
Cannaregio 5119
Venice
e-mail: bernard.aikema@univr.it
Dr. Fleur Brom de Jonge Oudraat, Secretary
Kasteellaan 2
5741 PJ Beek en Donk
Netherlands
Mr. W. Raaijmakers, Treasurer
Koolwykseweg 4
2821 NV Stolwyk, Netherlands
Mrs. M. van Suchtelen van Hattum
Lingenskamp 26
1251 JK Laren, Netherlands
"Venedig lebt"
Dr Kurt Heller, President
Braunschweiggasse 24
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
(2716, Castello, Venice.)
Ms Cantini,
Vice President
website: www.venedig-lebt.at
The Venice in Peril Fund
Ms A. Somers Cocks, Chairman,
c/o The Art Newspaper
27-29 Vauxhall Grove
London SW8 1SY, England
e-mail: a.allemandi@theartnewspaper.com
The Viscount Norwich, Hon. Chairman
24, Blomfield Road
London W9 1AD, England
Lady Clarke, President
Bushy Cottage, The Green
Hampton Court, Surrey KT8 9BS, England
(1113, Dorsoduro, 30123 Venice)
The Venice in Peril Fund
Unit 4 - Hurlingham Studios
Ranelagh Gardens,
London
SW6 3PA
England
e-mail: info@veniceinperil.org
Mr John Millerchip
12, via Molinetto
30121 Refrontolo, (TV)
e-mail: millerchip@libero.it
website: www.veniceinperil.org
Venice International Foundation
Sig.ra Franca Coin, President
Cà Rezzonico, 3161 Dorsoduro
30123 Venice
e-mail: veniceinter@tin.it
World Monuments Fund
Sig.ra Donatella Asta, Director Venice Office
3348, San Marco, Venice
Mrs. Bonnie Burnham, President
World Monuments Fund
95 Madison Ave.
New York
NY 10016
USA
M. Bertrand du Vignaud, Chairman WMF Europe
34, avenue de New York
75016 Paris
France
e-mail: wmfve@tin.it
website: www.wmf.org
Venetian Heritage Inc.
Mr L. Lovett, Chairman
S. Marco 3905
Venice
Mrs.Donald K Miller, President
475, Park Avenue
58th Street, New York
NY 10022,U.S.A.
e-mail: ny@venetianheritage.org
Sig.ra Lesa Marcello, Director
Venice Office
San Marco 3666
Venice
e-mail: venherit@tin.it
website: www.venetianheritage.org
Pro Veneziakomitéen Denmark
Thomas Horder, President
Arch. David Bretton-Meyer, Vice-President
Farimagsgade 5, Opg. 21
1399 Copenhagen - Denmark
Arch. Francesco Morelli, Vice-President
Strandgade 14 st.tv.
1401 Copenhagen
Denmark
e-mail: fin@morelli.dk
Comitato Internazionale per il Co-ordinamento delle Ricerche Storiche e per la Valorizzazione delle tipiche imbarcazioni lagunari e dell'Alto Adriatico (international committee for research into, and encouragement of, the traditional vessels of the lagoon and Upper Adriatic)
Dott. Emilio Vianello, President
Castello 3647, Venice
e-mail: emivian@tin.it
Amm. Carlo Gottardi, Vice-President
via delle Alture 17
Dolo (VE)
Amici della Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Dr. Erik Denker, President
1603, 19th Street NW, #21
Washington DC 20009
USA
Mrs Martin, (journalist & author)
Istituto Veneto per i Beni Culturali
Arch. Renzo Ravagnan, President
c/o Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
San Polo 2454/a
30125 Venice
e-mail: ivbc@vegapark.ve.it
Università Internazionale dell'Arte (UIA)
Dott. Nedo Fiorentin, President
Giudecca 54/p
30133, Venice
e-mail: uiave@tin.it
Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
www.istitutoveneto.it
Prof. Leopoldo Mazzaroli, President
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
Dott. Sandro Franchini, Secretary-General
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
e-mail: ivsla@unive.it
Prof. Gherardo Ortalli
Campo S. Stefano 2945
30124 Venice
ICCROM
Dr Mounir Bouchenaki
Via S. Michele 13
I00153 Rome